Attachment for pencils



June 17, 1930. H. P. K. HANSEN l,765,151

ATTACHMENT FOR PENCILS I I.. .l

Filed June 21, 1929 O limi.;

13 A1TORNEY Patented June 17, l193() Y Y UNITED] sfTArss vArsr Fri PL K. y'I.`IAI\TSE1\1I', 0F? STAFLEI-IURST, NEBRASKA- v y y n ATTACHMENT .'EOR PENCILS Application led .Tune 21, 1929. Serial No. 372,748.

My present invention h as reference to In this connection it maybe advisable to writing implements, and my object isi the state that in my experiencev I have found provision of simple, cheaply constructed but that the rubber erasers attached'to the vordithoroughly eiiicient means for securing rubnary typesofpencils wear away long before Y n 5 ber erasers on the ends of pencils or like the pencil is completely.' used, especially 55 writing implements. l `when a. comparatively great amount of era- A further object is the provision of a eures are required, which'is especially true means for this purpose that includes a sleeve with respect to pencils employed by Aschool of comparatively thin metal which comprises children. I have also found thatv the ordi- 10 two hingedly connected sections, the free end nary manner of fastening an eraser to the 60 of one of the sections having swingably aspencil is notaltogether satisfactory, as` pressociated therewith a latch rod, the other secsure upon the eraser not infrequently causes tion having a hook-like catch to be engaged the same to become disengaged fromfits by the latch rod for holding the sections fastening means and consequentlythe eraser Y closed to tightly compress therebetween a is rendered useless. Itv will bel noted with 65 rubber eraser, the latch rod having one of my improvement that the eraser is not let its ends formed with a prong designed when in the end of the pencil, nor is the pencil the said latch yrod is turned to latching po provided with a `fixed means for fasteningsition, to enter the side of the pencil or like the eraser thereon.

20 implement whose body is of penetrable ma- In Carrying out my invention I make use :79 terial and thereby holdthe improvement upof a tube of preferablyv thin metal.` The on Said implement. Y tube is, therefore, yieldable. In the preferl To the attainment of the foregoing and red embodiment of the invention the tube otherV objects which will present themselves comprisestwo semi-cylindrical sections land the invention consists in the improvement 2, respectively. These sections kmay be aper- 75 hereinafter described and definitely claimed. tured, as disclosed by the drawings to add In the drawings: l to the lightness thereof and provide for the Figure l is a side elevation of a writing admission of airV to l'the rubber eraser so implement such as an ordinary pencil havthat thesa'me will not readily deteriorate.- Y 30 ing a rubber eraser secured upon the end he section v1, at the centerthereof has its 80 thereof in accordance with Vthis invention, edge formed with a rounded reduced exten,"-l the improvement being in section. sion that holds a hook-shaped catch 3. The Figure 2 is a perspective view of the imfree edge ofk the/section` 2, adjacent to its provement, the sections comprising the same top and bottom is formed with', extensions being swung to open position. which.y are rounded uponthemselves to vpro- S5 Figure 3 is a side elevationwith the imvide what may bey termed eyes `ory barrels provement closed. 1 y 4 and passing through these lelements 4:1V

Figure 4; `is a sectional view on theV line 1 there isa latch rod `5. The outer end of the` 4.-4 of Figure 3. latch .rod is bent and rounded rupon :itself v Figure 5 is a sectional view substantially to provide the same with a handle 6, and 90 similar to Figure 4' but illustrating. a slight the central :portion of the latch4 rod is Vfuit-- modication. ther bent to form the same with anfoifsetor.

Figure 6 isa vsimilar sectional. view illuswhat` maybe termed a hump portion 7. The trating a still further modification-- offset or hump portion 7 isdesig'ned tov beV i for fastening and holding rubber eraserson the sections are bent together and 'the lower the ends of any type of writing implements or inner end, ofthe latch rod 5is oifset and whose bodies are of penetrable material the sharpened to provide Lthe same' with a lprong same is primarily designed for securing such 8 which ywill be forced into one side of lthe erasers to the ends of ordinary lead pencils.' pencilA 9 when the lsleeve is clamped thereon.` 1.00

While my improvement may be employed received inthe catch 3 of the ysection l when 95 Prior to bringing the sections of the sleeve together and clamping'or latching the same in a manner as just described, there is arranged in the said sleeve the inner lportion of a cross sectionally round rubber eraser 10.

In the showing of the drawings the body of Vthe pencil 9 has angle faces, but the end thereof` on which the sleeve is arranged is cross sectionally rounded, as at 10', andthe said rounded portion affords an inner shoulder 11 against which theinneredge of. the sleeve rests. n

In Figure 5` the sleeve'is illustrated as a split sleeve, one edge'thereoi' being formed with a hook-shaped catch 12 tob'e engaged by the oii'set portion 13 of the latching, rod 14,` the lat'ehi-ng rod heiligk similar to that previously described and having` itsV ends journaled i-n barrels in the endI oztthe sleeve notprovidedV with the hook-like catch 12.

In Figure 6' the construction is similar to that described in connection with Figures 11 Zandj 3, except' the rounded portions or barrels V15 through which the pivot pin-16 passes are inwardly directed. In this instance'the barrels may enter a groove in the eraser 10 anda groove in the pencil or'like writing; implement, or thek barrels which con.- tact withA the rubber eraser may be forced thereintoto more eilecti'vely hold the eraser inthe sleeve. Y 1

The simplicity of the construction and the advantages thereorn will, it is thought, be understood' and 'appreciated by those skilled in the Yart so that lfurther detailed description will not be required',

llavi'ngl described' thei'nvention, I claim: '11. A. means for attaching a rubber toa pencil' or like writing implement whose body Vis ofv penetrabl'e material", comprising.v 'a

clampingA sleeve designed' tobe arranged over one end of the implement to receive a rubberl eraser therein, means for forcing the sleeveagainst'the pencil' and eraser, and said meansl including an impinging element which enters the body of the writing imple ment. 2^; A means for removably fastening a tubular rubber eraser on the end of a pencil or 'like writing implement whose body is of pen'etrable material,` comprising, a clamping sleeve made vup ot'two hingedly Vconnected sections, a hoolr-likecatch on the edge ofone of the sections, a latching rod. j'ournaled' on the outer edge ofthe other section, having.

an' outer handle portion, a centrally oiset portion to be received in the hook-like catchand an inner offset sharpened Vportion 'to forcibly enter the side of the pencil when the lat-'ching rod is swungto latchingY engagement. l y

31A means for vremovably fastening a tubular rubber eraser on the end' of a pencil' orl'ilre vwriting implement whose'bodzy is vot penetrable material', comprising a clamping sleeve made up of two hingedly connected sections, a hook-like catch on the edge of one of the sections, a latching rod journaled on the outer edge ofthe other section, having an outer handle portion and acentrally offset portion to be received in the hook-like catch and an inner otlset sharpened portion to forcibly enterthe side: ofv the pencil when the latching rod is swung't'o lat'ching engagement and the pivot receiving barrels for the sections. being inwardly directed.

In testimony whereof Iy affix my signature.

HANS P. K. HANSEN.

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